Scattering Through QCD Sphalerons
arXiv:hep-ph/0209034 · doi:10.1016/S0375-9474(02)01534-8
Abstract
Diffractive parton-parton scattering in the soft pomeron regime can be explained by the production of a QCD sphaleron. Sphaleron production results into the emission of $3+2N_F$ gluons and quarks. At RHIC we expect many sphalerons to be released thereby affecting most prompt processes.
Contribution to quark matter 2002